Where are the animation fans?

[Seanohue]

For you guys watching NGE, I highly suggest you stop after 23. And if you want to be able to say "WTF did I just watch?", watch the End of Evangelion lol. IIRC, Death and Rebirth is just a recap of the series.

Kayaker, check out Gantz or Gungrave; themes are deeper and both are more "adult". Gungrave is the one with a story, but Gantz is just bad-ass and gory lol.

[csbrewfisher]

You're no doubt familiar with rotoscoping. There are several full-length features that you might enjoy here.

Originally Posted by csbrewfisher

You're no doubt familiar with rotoscoping. There are several full-length features that you might enjoy here.

Thanks for the link.

I have Lord of the Rings, Ralph Bakshi's work which is mostly roto. I've been tracking down some of his other work as well.

[Seanohue]

Hellsing OVA 5 is out with English subs, for those interested

[Drazzil]

Two words for you folks. Cowboy Bebop.

[Seanohue]

Originally Posted by Drazzil

Two words for you folks. Cowboy Bebop.

Nuff said

[ActionAndy]

Originally Posted by kayaker

Thanks for the link.

I have Lord of the Rings, Ralph Bakshi's work which is mostly roto. I've been tracking down some of his other work as well.

I love Wizards. I think Fire & Ice is Bakshi as well, though the style is inspired directly by Frazetta. I can't think of a better combination of talent. Brilliant animator and the best fantasy painter of all time. For a while Fire and Ice was packaged with a documentary about Frazetta, but I never managed to pick it up...

Obviously I like Thundercats. Voltron, original Transformers, MASK...

Anyone remember the Dinosaucers? I'm not sure if that one would stand the test of time.

I don't watch a lot of anime because I think a lot of it is just derivative. But there isn't enough you can say about how well done Akira was. I still watch that all the time. Ninja Scroll and Cowboy Bebop are good, as noted by other people. Princess Mononoke was kinda cool (but a little hippyish).

For a really interesting approach to animation check out A Scanner Darkly, starring Keanu Reeves and Robert Downey Jr. A lot of people are skeptical until they finally see it...Then again, the source material was written by Philip K Dick and he really didn't ever do anything that sucked.

here's a list of the Top 100 Animated Films.

Originally Posted by ActionAndy

For a really interesting approach to animation check out A Scanner Darkly, starring Keanu Reeves and Robert Downey Jr. A lot of people are skeptical until they finally see it...Then again, the source material was written by Philip K Dick and he really didn't ever do anything that sucked.

I have this one. Love PKD's work. Usually quite messed up, but a good read.
The stuff makes good movies too, even if they don't follow the writing too closely.

I want to check out Waking Life sometime too.

Thanks for the link.

[Seanohue]

So, what'd you guys think of the Nnoitra/Zaraki fight

[CHRONO14]

Originally Posted by Seanohue

So, what'd you guys think of the Nnoitra/Zaraki fight

How could you not like that fight. Gotta love when Zaracki says that you hit harder when you use two hands on a sword. Brilliant.

I picked up Appleseed (2004) and Vexille the other day. I think I liked Vexille a bit more. The animation in Appleseed was interesting, it seemed like they were trying to recreate the feel of Rotoscoping a bit.

The CG in Vexille was good. Sometimes it felt like there could have been more life and reaction in Vexille's face, but I liked how they kept the background busy, like it usually would be in a live action film.

Both are welcome additions to my collection.

Originally Posted by ActionAndy

here's a list of the Top 100 Animated Films.

Here's another top 100 list from 2008.

Here's a Top 50 list
from 2008. It goes through them one by one, which is slow and a little annoying, but provides more info about each film.

[Seanohue]

Started watching s-Cry-ed (スクライド) over break. I'm about 20 episodes in and really like it lol. Its an older series, and its kind of generic, but its pretty exciting still.

[Seanohue]

New Fullmetal Alchemist series starts this weekend

[Starscream]

Originally Posted by ActionAndy

I think Fire & Ice is Bakshi as well, though the style is inspired directly by Frazetta.

Fire and Ice was great!
Frazetta is Awesome!

Did anyone else see 9?

I thought it was pretty good. The short was cool too.

Anything else in the world of Animation that impressed you?

[Starscream]

Originally Posted by csbrewfisher

You're no doubt familiar with rotoscoping. There are several full-length features that you might enjoy here.

The old Superman cartoons were done by rotoscoping. Awesome work.

[OLS]

Here is some of my older work, I am mainly doing insects now, lol.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HIvbgjrZ2HM&NR=1

http://www.youtube.com/user/CajunAni.../2/F8tdj0zGAWU

http://www.4shared.com/dir/34170686/...animation.html


Maybe I should do more adult work, huh, lol.

Originally Posted by Seanohue

Kayaker, check out Gantz or Gungrave; themes are deeper and both are more "adult". Gungrave is the one with a story, but Gantz is just bad-ass and gory lol.

Thanks, I'll keep an eye out for them.